Browsing Bergen Open Research Archive by Author "Skjaerven, Rolv"
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Birth Weight in Consecutive Pregnancies and Maternal Cardiovascular Disease Mortality Among Spontaneous and Iatrogenic Term Births: A Population-Based Cohort Study
Sima, Yeneabeba Tilahun; Skjaerven, Rolv; Kvalvik, Liv Grimstvedt; Morken, Nils-Halvdan; Klungsøyr, Kari; Mannseth, Janne; Sørbye, Linn Marie (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Knowledge on the association between offspring birth weight and long-term risk of maternal cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality is often based on firstborn infants without consideration of women’s consecutive births. We ... -
Birthweight of the subsequent singleton pregnancy following a first twin or singleton pregnancy
Basnet, Prativa; Skjaerven, Rolv; Harmon, Quaker E.; Wilcox, Allen J.; Klungsøyr, Kari; Sørbye, Linn Marie; Morken, Nils-Halvdan; Kvalvik, Liv Grimstvedt (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Introduction Birthweight is an important pregnancy indicator strongly associated with infant, child, and later adult life health. Previous studies have found that second-born babies are, on average, heavier than first-born ... -
Can 'early programming' be partly explained by smoking? Results from a prospective, population-based cohort study
Kvalvik, Liv Grimstvedt; Skjaerven, Rolv; Klungsøyr, Kari; Vollset, Stein Emil; Haug, Kjell (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-01)Background: Numerous studies have focused the association between low birthweight and later disease. Our objective was to study the association between birthweight and later adult smoking and thereby explore a possible ... -
Cesarean delivery in Norwegian nulliparous women with singleton cephalic term births, 1967–2020: a population-based study
Sima, Yeneabeba; Skjaerven, Rolv; Kvalvik, Liv Grimstvedt; Morken, Nils-Halvdan; Klungsøyr, Kari; Sørbye, Linn Marie (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background: Nulliparous women contribute to increasing cesarean delivery in the Nordic countries and advanced maternal age has been suggested as responsible for rise in cesarean delivery rates in many developed countries. ... -
Change in paternity, risk of placental abruption and confounding by birth interval: A population-based prospective cohort study in Norway, 1967-2009
Ananth, Cande V.; Skjaerven, Rolv; Klungsøyr, Kari (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-02-10)Objectives: We examined abruption risk in relation to change in paternity, and evaluated if birth interval confounds this association. Setting: Population-based study of singleton births in Norway between 1967 and 2009. ... -
Differences in perinatal and infant mortality in high-income countries: Artifacts of birth registration or evidence of true differences?
Deb-Rinker, Paromita; León, Juan Andrés; Gilbert, Nicolas L.; Rouleau, Jocelyn; Andersen, Anne-Marie Nybo; Bjarnadóttir, Ragnheiður I.; Gissler, Mika; Mortensen, Laust H.; Skjaerven, Rolv; Vollset, Stein Emil; Zhang, Xun; Shah, Prakesh S.; Sauve, Reg S.; Kramer, Michael S.; Joseph, K.S. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-09-04)Background: Variation in birth registration criteria may compromise international comparisons of fetal and infant mortality. We examined the effect of birth registration practices on fetal and infant mortality rates to ... -
Elective cesarean section or not? Maternal age and risk of adverse outcomes at term: a population-based registry study of low-risk primiparous women
Herstad, Lina; Klungsøyr, Kari; Skjaerven, Rolv; Tanbo, Tom Gunnar; Forsen, Lisa; Åbyholm, Thomas; Vangen, Siri (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-08-17)Background Maternal age at delivery and cesarean section rates are increasing. In older women, the decision on delivery mode may be influenced by a reported increased risk of surgical interventions during labor and ... -
Exposure to Tobacco Smoke in Utero and Subsequent Plasma Lipids, ApoB, and CRP among Adult Women in the MoBa Cohort
Cupul-Uicab, Lea A; Skjaerven, Rolv; Haug, Kjell; Travlos, GS; Wilson, RE; Eggesbø, Merete Åse; Hoppin, Jane A; Whitworth, KW; Longnecker, MP (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-11)Background: Recent findings suggest that maternal smoking during pregnancy may play a role in the development of metabolic alterations in offspring during childhood. However, whether such exposure increases the risk of ... -
Gestational diabetes mellitus and interpregnancy weight change: A population-based cohort study
Sørbye, Linn Marie; Skjaerven, Rolv; Klungsøyr, Kari; Morken, Nils-Halvdan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-08-01)Background: Being overweight is an important risk factor for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM), but the underlying mechanisms are not understood. Weight change between pregnancies has been suggested to be an independent ... -
Heterogeneity in the risk of cardiovascular disease mortality after the hypertensive disorders of pregnancy across mothers' lifetime reproductive history
Wyatt, Sage; Kvalvik, Liv Grimstvedt; Singh, Aditi; Klungsøyr, Kari; Østbye, Truls; Skjaerven, Rolv (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Background Prior studies on maternal cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) have focused only on a woman's first birth and have not accounted for successive affected ... -
In utero exposure to maternal tobacco smoke and subsequent obesity, hypertension, and gestational diabetes among women in the MoBa Cohort
Cupul-Uicab, Lea A; Skjaerven, Rolv; Haug, Kjell; Melve, Kari Klungsøyr; Engel, Stephani M; Longnecker, Matthew P (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012)Background: Environmental factors influencing the developmental origins of health and disease need to be identified and investigated. In utero exposure to tobacco smoke has been associated with obesity and a small increase ... -
An international contrast of rates of placental abruption: An age-period-cohort analysis
Ananth, Cande V.; Keyes, Katherine M.; Hamilton, Ava; Gissler, Mika; Wu, Chunsen; Liu, Shiliang; Luque-Fernandez, Miguel Angel; Skjaerven, Rolv; Williams, Michelle A.; Tikkanen, Minna; Cnattingius, Sven (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-05-27)Background: Although rare, placental abruption is implicated in disproportionately high rates of perinatal morbidity and mortality. Understanding geographic and temporal variations may provide insights into possible amenable ... -
Lipid levels after childbirth and association with number of children: A population-based cohort study
Pirnat, Aleksandra; deRoo, Lisa; Skjaerven, Rolv; Morken, Nils-Halvdan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-10-24)Objective Low parity women are at increased risk of cardiovascular mortality. Unfavourable lipid profiles have been found in one-child mothers years before they conceive. However, it remains unclear whether unfavourable ... -
Long-term cardiovascular mortality in women with twin pregnancies by lifetime reproductive history
Basnet, Prativa; Skjaerven, Rolv; Sørbye, Linn Marie; Morken, Nils-Halvdan; Klungsøyr, Kari; Singh, Aditi; Mannseth, Janne; Harmon, Quaker E.; Kvalvik, Liv Grimstvedt (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background: Women with one lifetime singleton pregnancy have increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality compared with women who continue reproduction particularly if the pregnancy had complications. Women ... -
Long-term mortality in mothers with perinatal losses and risk modification by surviving children and attained education: A population-based cohort study
Halland, Frode; Morken, Nils-Halvdan; deRoo, Lisa; Klungsøyr, Kari; Wilcox, Allen James; Skjaerven, Rolv (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)Objective: To assess the association between perinatal losses and mother’s long-term mortality and modification by surviving children and attained education. Design: A population-based cohort study. Setting: Norwegian ... -
Perinatal death and exposure to dental amalgam fillings during pregnancy in the population-based MoBa cohort
Björkman, Lars; Lygre, Gunvor Bentung; Haug, Kjell; Skjaerven, Rolv (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-12-07)Objectives: The aim was to gain knowledge regarding the risk of perinatal death related to exposure to dental amalgam fillings in the mother. Design: Population-based observational cohort study. Setting: The Norwegian ... -
Placental abruption and long-term maternal cardiovascular disease mortality: a population-based registry study in Norway and Sweden
deRoo, Lisa; Skjaerven, Rolv; Wilcox, Allen; Klungsøyr, Kari; Wikström, Anna-Karin; Morken, Nils-Halvdan; Cnattingius, Sven (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-05)Women with preeclamptic pregnancies have increased long-term cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality. We explored this mortality risk among women with placental abruption, another placental pathology. We used linked Medical ... -
Preconception cardiovascular risk factor differences between gestational hypertension and preeclampsia: Cohort Norway study
Egeland, Grace M.; Klungsøyr, Kari; Øyen, Nina; Tell, Grethe Seppola; Næss, Øyvind; Skjaerven, Rolv (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)Preconception predictors of gestational hypertension and preeclampsia may identify opportunities for early detection and improve our understanding of the pathogenesis and life course epidemiology of these conditions. Female ... -
Preeclampsia in pregnancy and later use of antihypertensive drugs
Engeland, Anders; Bjørge, Tone; Klungsøyr, Kari; Skjaerven, Rolv; Skurtveit, Svetlana; Furu, Kari (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-03-18)We explored the association between preeclampsia and later use of antihypertensive drugs in a population-based study with data from the Medical Birth Registry of Norway and the Norwegian Prescription Database. The study ... -
Pregnancy complications in last pregnancy and mothers’ long-term cardiovascular mortality: does the relation differ from that of complications in first pregnancy? A population-based study
Seid, Abdu Kedir; Morken, Nils-Halvdan; Klungsøyr, Kari; Kvalvik, Liv Grimstvedt; Sørbye, Linn Marie; Vatten, Lars Johan; Skjaerven, Rolv (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background Women who experience complications in first pregnancy are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) later in life. Little corresponding knowledge is available for complications in later pregnancies. ...